The effects of air content on permeability of lightweight concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1874-1878

  Lo, Tommy Y ^a   Cui, H Z ^a   Nadeem, Abid ^a   Li, Z G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air content; Chloride permeability; Compressive strength; Lightweight concrete; Lightweight expanded clay aggregate; Sorptivity

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTENT; CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY; LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE; LIGHTWEIGHT EXPANDED CLAY AGGREGATE; SORPTIVITY;

AIR; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; SORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 33750035220     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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